Journal box and axle



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UNITED STATES #PATENT OFF i C E HARRY W. JONES, on sT. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR To SANFORD INVESTMENT con. roRnTIoN, or xNoxvILLE, TENNESSEE, n CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

.JOURNAL Box AND AxLE.

Application led .Tune 28,

This improvement relates the axles, axle boxings and CRIS.

The object of the invention is to produce particularly to Wheels of mine '6 such a structure of elements shaped and inter-related for easy manufacture and assembling and separating, the finished structure having ample strength "tb resist wear due9to rotation and to resist endwise thrust in either le direction.

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Among the features of the' improvement are a tubular hub lining with provision for keeping that lining in -position against tendency to move endwise; also provision for assembling the rollers on the axle before the hub is ut into position around the rollers and axe; and also a new and effective means for holding -the hub against outward movement on the axle; also the arrangement of parts in such manner as .to minimize retaining wear on the wheel casting' and the axle and place this wear on cheap, replaceable parts, namely, the locking keys and the renewable steel collar.

In the accompanying-drawings,

Fig. l is a horizontal, upright ,ongitudinal section along the axial jme of an axle, SM1@ hoff" hub and Wlll structure embodymamy Improvement;

51g' 2 15 3h ugright, transverse section on lth Ime 21-2; Q 'Fig l, looking toward the 3 is an u right, transverse section on Flg. 1, looking toward-the Fig. 4 is an u right, transverse sertion on the llne, 4 4, o Fig. l,looking toward the left.

Fig. 5 is -anupright, transverse section on the llne, 5-5, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left' V Fig. 6 is an upright section onthe line, 6 6, of Fi l;

Fig. 7 i ustrates the manner of placing the rollers and retaining ring 1n position to be moved into place on the axle preparatory to receiving the cup washer, the 'colla`r and the cross pin preparatory to placing the hub around those elements Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate other forms of -means for engaging the hpb on the axle;

Fig. 10 is an upright section on the line, 10-10, of Fig. 9, looking toward the right. Referrinto Said drawlngs, A 1s a part of the axle. 1 is the journal; and A2 is a c1r- 1926. Serial N0. 119,080.

cumferential shoulder at the inner end of the journal. The journal is \of uniform diameter.

B is the wheel. B1 is the hub. B2 is the wheel hub liningg B3 is the hub end wall adapted to bear against the end of the journal. The lining is immovable in the hub. Its outer end bears against the shoulder, B4, formed on the interior of the hub. C, C are rollers arranged parallel to the journal and occupying the space between the journal and the hub llning. Midway between their ends, the rollers have circumferential grooves, C1. A retalnlng ring, C2, surrounds the group of rollers within said g ooves. Said ring serves to retain the rollers on the journal preparatory to placing thehub in position on the Journals and rollers.

3. A- collar, D, surrounds the journal at the outer end of the latter. A cross pin, D1, extends throughthaeollar' and the journal'. Between il collar and the adjacent ends ofthe rollers, C, is an angle washer, D2, -which 'hasan outward-directed flange, D, whichl i'sl adapted to bear against the adjacent ends of the rollers. Between-the flanges, D3, and the collar, D, are two tangential locking keys, D1, the ends of which extend through the hub, B1. (See Figs. 1, 2 and 3.) When there is outward thrust or drift of the Wheel, these locking keys bear against the inner face of the collar, D, that collar being held immovably by the cross pin, D1. As above stated, the inward thrust or drift of the wheel is met by engagement between the outer end of the journaland the inner face of the end wall, B1, of the hub.

An' axle box, E, surrounds-the journal between the. inner end of the hub and the shoulder, A2. The axle box has a flan e, E1, surrounding the inner end of the' hu A washer-form wearing plate, E", 1s placed 'between the inner end of the-hub and the adjacent upright face, E1, of the axle box.

. hold the rollers in position.

the hub. Therefore the inner end of the lining is fixed relative to the hub.

The axle box is secured to the car bottom, F, as has heretofore been done.

The parts are lassembled :1s-follows:

The axle box and the axle Aand journal having been placed into posit-ion as shown in Fig. 1, the wearing plate, E3, and the washer, E, are placed into position on the journal, as shown in-Fig. 7 Then the rollers are placed into the position shown in Fig. 7, the outer ends of the rollers approaching each other sufficiently to allow the retaining ring, C2,'to be moved inward over the roup of rollers 'and into the grooves, C1. %Vhen the retaining ring has been thus placed, the rollers are to be tilted on the end of the journal to bring them parallel to each other and bear on the outer face of the journal. Then the group of rollers and the ring are to be moved horizontally along the journal until the inner ends of the rollers meet the washer, E4. Nowthe retaining ring will The angle washer, D2, is next brought and moved nward around the outer end of the.journal until it'bears against the ends of the rollers. Then thecollar, D, is placed into position around the outer end of the journal. Then the cross pin, D1, is inserted through the collar and the journal.

Now the wheel is to be put into pOStOIl by moving it horizontally inward over the collar, D, the angle washer, D2, and the rollers, C, until the end wall, B3, of the hub bears against the outer end of the journal and the inner end of the hub surrounds Ehe washer, Et. The locking keys, D4, are now placed into position in the hub and in the annular channel between the collar, D, and the angle washer ange, D3. Each locking key has at one end a head, D5, and at its other end a nut, D6.

The parts remain thus assembled until it is desired'to remove the wheel. Then the twolocking keys, D4, are removed. Then the entire wheel may be drawn endwise away from the axle box and away from the washer,

E", rollers, C, angle washer, D", and "the collar, D, these several members remaining in position on the journal. If those members are' to be removed, the rst step will be the removal of the cross pin, D1, for the release of the collar, D. When that has been done, the angle washer and the rollers and the retaining ring and the washer, E4, and the bearin plate, E, may be removed successive y. l`

A grease receiving plug, G, may be threaded into any suitable part of the 'hub wall, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 6. Said plug is tubular and is adapted to be engaged by a member on a grease gun or slmilar de vice, asxs already known 1n this art.

In'Fig'. 8, theJ structure is the same asshown by Figs. l and 6, excepting that a collar, D?, is substituted for theV collar, D, of the previous form. Thi's collar, D7, has at its outer side a notch, D8, which receives the cross pin, D1.

In Figs. 9 and 10, the angle washer, D", is omitted and a collar, D", is substituted for the collars, D and D?, already described. The collar, "D", is wide enough to allow placing the cross pin, D-, midway between the upright face of the collar and to form diametrically opposite and parallel channels, D10, in the transverse plane cutting the cross pin, said channels being of proper width and depth to receive the locking keys, D4.

It is now to be noted that the construction described allows easy manufacture of the axle and journal. If so desired, the axle and journal may be a unitary piece of equal diameter throughout excepting for the slioulder, A2. Attention is especially asked to the fact that the outer end of the journal `is not grooved or otherwise reduced circumferenv tially to provide for attachment of members concerned with the holding of the hub against outward movement on the journal. This simplifies and cheapens manufacture andat the same time adapts the journal to resist transverse strains and impacts throughout all of the .part of the journal which Iis surrounded by the hub. The pressure exerted by the load is downward' on the rollers, C, and also on the collar, D or D7 or D". Instead of being transversely grooved or channeled or oi' set to make provision for holding the hub against outward movement, the journal is given a simple transversebore only large enough to receive the cross pin, D1.

In addition te serving to hold the group of rollers in position on the journal when the hub is absent, the retaining ring, C, aids in the distribution of lubricant when the wheel is in position and rotates2 the rotation of the wheel then causing rotation and revolution of the rollers, and engagement between the ring and the rollers and the hub lining causing rotation of the ring. During such movement of the ring, lubricant will be carried with the ring.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a structure of the kind described, the combination of' a journal of uniform diameter, a collar surrounding the outer end of the journal, means securing said collarto the journal, rollers on the journal, a hub surrounding the rollers and collar, and locking keys extending through the hub and positioned to engage the collar, substantially vas described.

2. In a structure of the kind described, the combination of a journal of uniform diameter, acollar surrounding the outer end of the journal, means securing said collar to the journal, rollers on the journal, a hub sursubstantially as described.

3. In a structure of the kind described, the pombination of a journal of uniform diameter, a collar surrounding the outer end of the journal, a cross pin seated` in the journal and engaging the collar, rollers on the journal, a hub surrounding the rollers and collar, and locking keys extending through the hub and positioned to engage the collar, substantially as described.

4. In a structure of the End described, the combination of a journal of uniform diameter, a collar surrounding the outer end of the journal, means securing said collar to 'the journal, rollers on the journal, a hub '20 surrounding the rollers and collar and having. a fixed end wall extending across and adapted to bear against the end 'of the journal, and locking keys extending through the hub and positioned vto engage the collar, substantially as described.

5. In a structure of the kind described, the combination of a journal, a collar surrounding the outer end of the journal, means securing said collar to the journal, rollers on thel journal, an angle Washer between the rollers and said collar, a hub surrounding the rollers, angle washer, and collar, and locking keys extending through the hub and tangentially across the angle Washer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this 22nd day ofJIu'ne, in the year me thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

HARRY W. JONES. 

